定海

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (定海)		定	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dìnghǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dìnghǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dìnghǎi
    • Wade–Giles: Ting⁴-hai³
    • Yale: Dìng-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dinqhae
    • Palladius: Динхай (Dinxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ hoi²
    • Yale: dihng hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Proper noun

定海

1. (～區) Dinghai (a district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China), encompassing the western half of Zhoushan Island and some of the surrounding islands
2. (historical) Dinghai (a former city in China), the former separate city which served as the seat of the Zhoushan Archipelago's various governments
3. (～縣) (historical) Dinghai (a former county of Zhejiang, China), encompassing the Zhoushan Archipelago under the Ming, early Qing, Republic, and early People's Republic
4. (～直隸廳) (historical) Dinghai Subprefecture, a former division of Zhejiang encompassing the Zhoushan Archipelago under the late Qing